®Planning appeal decision
Parcel 0096, Ramscombe Lane, Batheaston, Bath and north east Somerset , BA1 8EP
Without planning permission, the change of use of land from agriculture to a mixed use consisting of agriculture, charcoal production, leisure and residential uses, the siting of a caravan and the erection of ancillary buildings and structures, as well as the carrying out of engineering operations to create a pond
- Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Watson S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control (change of use to mixed use including charcoal production, leisure and residential uses, caravan siting, ancillary buildings and pond creation) has occurred
- Whether, if the breach has occurred, it constitutes a breach of planning control
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice are excessive
What decided it
The appellants failed to provide substantive evidence to demonstrate that the charcoal production was a forestry operation, that the caravan was used solely as a welfare unit for agricultural workers, or that the various structures and uses were lawful, and media evidence confirmed residential and leisure use of the site.
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